diff --git a/tests/event-loop-test.c b/tests/event-loop-test.c
index a51ba8f..be15a34 100644
--- a/tests/event-loop-test.c
+++ b/tests/event-loop-test.c
@@ -238,49 +238,6 @@ TEST(event_loop_multiple_same_signals)
 	wl_event_loop_destroy(loop);
 }
 
-static int
-timer_callback(void *data)
-{
-	int *got_it = data;
-
-	++(*got_it);
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-TEST(event_loop_timer)
-{
-	struct wl_event_loop *loop = wl_event_loop_create();
-	struct wl_event_source *source1, *source2;
-	int got_it = 0;
-
-	source1 = wl_event_loop_add_timer(loop, timer_callback, &got_it);
-	assert(source1);
-	wl_event_source_timer_update(source1, 20);
-
-	source2 = wl_event_loop_add_timer(loop, timer_callback, &got_it);
-	assert(source2);
-	wl_event_source_timer_update(source2, 100);
-
-	/* Check that the timer marked for 20 msec from now fires within 30
-	 * msec, and that the timer marked for 100 msec is expected to fire
-	 * within an additional 90 msec. (Some extra wait time is provided to
-	 * account for reasonable code execution / thread preemption delays.) */
-
-	wl_event_loop_dispatch(loop, 0);
-	assert(got_it == 0);
-	wl_event_loop_dispatch(loop, 30);
-	assert(got_it == 1);
-	wl_event_loop_dispatch(loop, 0);
-	assert(got_it == 1);
-	wl_event_loop_dispatch(loop, 90);
-	assert(got_it == 2);
-
-	wl_event_source_remove(source1);
-	wl_event_source_remove(source2);
-	wl_event_loop_destroy(loop);
-}
-
 #define MSEC_TO_USEC(msec) ((msec) * 1000)
 
 struct timer_update_context {